Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 2, 2016

In a recent review of contracts involving green building construction projects, less than 20% had properly drafted provisions addressing green building matters. 100 contracts involving green building construction projects were reviewed. 89% of the contracts were for projects pursuing LEED. 7% were pursuing the NGBS.

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Construction Lawyer

AUGUST 21, 2014

If the contract between the parties does not mention license, but gives a general permission to use the plans, an implied license can be inferred. The standard AIA agreements contain an express license. For instance, AIA Document B101 (2007), the owner-architect agreement, contains this provision: § 7.3 LEXIS 114191 (E.D.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 3, 2016

Today is the day to revise your contracts for sustainable projects. It is beyond dispute that the best way to mitigate risk in a sustainable project is a properly drafted contract. And while this law firm makes a business of drafting and revising contact documents, there are very good contracts available in the marketplace.

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Construction Lawyer

MARCH 15, 2007

He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular construction law column for The Construction Specifier. He is a Fellow of the AIA as well as the Association of Licensed Architects.

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Construction Lawyer

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular construction law column for The Construction Specifier. He is a Fellow of the AIA as well as the Association of Licensed Architects.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 3, 2016

Today is the day to revise your contracts for sustainable projects. It is beyond dispute that the best way to mitigate risk in a sustainable project is a properly drafted contract. And while this law firm makes a business of drafting and revising contact documents, there are very good contracts available in the marketplace.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 14, 2020

Its stated intent is “to promote best practice requirements in operations and human behavior to take precautions against the spread of COVID 19” and that is accomplished using the AIA Re-occupancy Assessment Tool V1.0

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Construction Lawyer

JANUARY 29, 2014

Wight moved for summary judgment based on the fact that the contract contained a provision that started the statute of limitations running at substantial completion. of the standard AIA Owner/Architect agreement applies to fraud-based construction claims. contracts litigation'

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Building Information Management

AUGUST 6, 2013

So the key differences between this Integrated Design-Build and full Integrated Project Delivery are: The contract model (a multi-party agreement between Owner, Architect and Contractor vs. an agreement between owner and usually the contractor). Oscia Wilson, AIA, MBA is the founder of Boiled Architecture. JOC Process.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

The best way to mitigate risk in your green building project are properly drafted contract documents prepared by this law firm or by another attorney with green building experience. As I posted in this blog less than a year ago, Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts are Properly Drafted.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

clauses buried in tens of millions of contracts have deprived Americans of one of their most fundamental constitutional rights: their day in court.”. There is little question that a properly drafted provision in a contract requiring arbitration is enforceable. The Supreme Court, in American Express v.

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Construction Lawyer

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Frequently, the parties do not consult with a construction attorney when drafting contracts. They don’t like the length and legalese of the AIA documents and fear that an owner will not take kindly to the use of such documents. The “plain and simple” document drafted by the architect is not clear. An example.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

The reason for the dearth of court cases is not that there are no disputes and differences arising from green building design and construction, but rather that many, if not most of the contracts in sustainable construction require mandatory arbitration, in lieu of a judicial contest. Legal scholars can have at it.

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Construction Specifier

JUNE 13, 2021

DBB and its ‘relatives’ are longstanding methods of project delivery with clearly defined roles and responsibilities, and, therefore, drafting construction specifications for such projects is reasonably straightforward. Prime contract between the owner and design-builder. Images courtesy HDR. Design-build contractual relationships.

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PSMJ Resources

JANUARY 12, 2012

Any drafting work done in-house is completed by contract draftsmen rather than permanent staff. American Institute of Architects (AIA). . — 170-person firm in the Midwest, commercial/industrial specialization • The monthly ups and downs of the construction environment have made us modify our work model. GreenSource.

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Revit Beginners

AUGUST 3, 2010

Our school had a contract submit a remodel with the Revit MEP and we are novices, but it wasn't a good experience. Marathon Drafting. AIA Convention (may). I have use the Revit MEP with my business and the employees and I have not had progress with it during our building remodel. Game Apps. Dave Pilgrim. BIMtroublemaker.

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Construction Marketing

JULY 6, 2010

The AIA Work-on-the-Boards Survey and the Architectural Billings Index. Beginning in late 1995, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) assembled a panel of architecture firms to participate in an ongoing national survey to measure their business conditions. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how billings at U.S.

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 13, 2017

Common construction abbreviations as as part of cost estimating software, Job Order Contracting software, and construction documents is a standard practice. AIA: American Institute of Architects, American Insurance Association. CAD: Cadmium, Computer-Aided Drafting. CLL: Contract Limit Line. NIC: Not In Contract.

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Pro Builder

APRIL 7, 2021

Several of our young leaders also took their family businesses to the next level by targeting 55+ buyers or streamlining selections so projects would move faster from contract to construction. Philip Chan , 37, Principal Architect, AIA, PDS Studio, Arcadia, Calif. Principal Architect, AIA . Hovnanian Homes, Dallas-Fort Worth.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

DECEMBER 5, 2023

At the core of Stephen's contributions lies his exceptional skill in optimizing Building Information Modeling (BIM) execution plans, setting elevated global practice standards, and significantly enhancing the quality of both models and contract drawings.

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Construction Lawyer

JUNE 13, 2005

He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular construction law column for The Construction Specifier. He is a Fellow of the AIA as well as the Association of Licensed Architects.

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Construction Lawyer

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular construction law column for The Construction Specifier. He is a Fellow of the AIA as well as the Association of Licensed Architects.

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Building Information Management

JULY 26, 2016

AIA: American Institute of Architects, American Insurance Association. CAD: Cadmium, Computer-Aided Drafting. CLL: Contract Limit Line. NIC: Not In Contract. ADDL: Additional. ADH: Adhesive. ADJ: Adjust, Adjustable, Adjacent. AF: Above the Floor. AFF: Above Finished Floor. AGA: American Gas Association. AGG: Aggregate.

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Building Information Management

JULY 26, 2016

AIA: American Institute of Architects, American Insurance Association. CAD: Cadmium, Computer-Aided Drafting. CLL: Contract Limit Line. NIC: Not In Contract. ADDL: Additional. ADH: Adhesive. ADJ: Adjust, Adjustable, Adjacent. AF: Above the Floor. AFF: Above Finished Floor. AGA: American Gas Association. AGG: Aggregate.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 7, 2018

To appreciate just how important this is, one need only recall the, then, unprecedented announcement by the ICC, the AIA, IES, and USGBC in 2014 that 189.1 Following ICC’s drafting of the administrative procedures for the technical content, the document that will be the 2018 – IgCC will be published in June. ASHRAE 189.1

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